Archive for the ‘Wine Education’ Category
One thing the wine industry can't be accused of is innovation. In fact, it's fair to say that the wine industry trails most others when it comes to adapting to change and new ways of thinking. And it has been this way as long as I can remember observing it—almost 20 years: the industry plods forward using past-due and antiquated processes, techniques, paradigms and tools to get their product to market while most other industries move forward into new territory…
I admire those grapegrowers and winemakers who employ organic and biodynamic methods of grapegrowing with the goal of making better wines and being better stewards of the land. I admire them the same way I admire the bagger at the check out line who makes the extra effort to double bag my groceries if my purchases are hefty enough to cause an accident on the way back to my car under single-bagged conditions. And I admire them the way I…
John Winthrop Haeger reigns supreme in the world of North American Pinot Noir publishing. His latest from last year, "Pacific Pinot Noir: A Comprehensive Winery Guide for Consumers and Connoisseurs", along withhis earlier work, "North American Pinot Noir", have made him the very largest of fishes in a very small pond of authors investigating the world of Pinot Noir on the North American contitnent. I've always contented its easier on the soul and the ego to be a big fish…
Publicists are notorious Jacks-of-all-Trades. And I would say the same for myself. Though I think of myself primarily as a professional publicist working primarily in the wine industry, my work has taken me in a variety of directions. Being a blogger has complicated this broadening of views even further. On Thursday I'll be heading down to Pismo Beach to attend World of Pinot Noir, a festival in that town that focus entirely on Pinot Noir, the varietal's various incarnations, the…
Nearly everyone I know who has taken the Riedel Taste Test remarks that out of the Riedel glasses wine tastes better or it is more expressive or it is more complex than when tasted out of other glasses. It's a remarkable set of statements when you think about. Same wine, different glasses, different taste experience. Riedel has administered these comparison tastes tests probably 100s of times across the globe for wine professionals, restaurant servers and others. The consistent result has…
